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'Tough choices': Luxon defends scrapping first home grants
23 May 2024Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has stood by the coalition's decision to scrap the First Home Grants scheme.
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Fiery debate in Parliament over Oranga Tamariki changes
23 May 2024Labour's Willow-Jean Prime says the level of frustration is building and concern is mounting over what the government will set its sights on next.
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Spending will continue to be reined in, Willis tells business leaders
23 May 2024The government intends to keep a tight rein on future spending and maintaining an overall contractionary fiscal stance, the Finance Minister says.
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What it's like to be a renting MP
23 May 2024Marama Davidson is in a minority in Parliament - one of just a handful who do not own a home.
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Homeowner shocked to see her house in government promotion
23 May 2024'Is this what they are touting as what social housing will look like?', the Christchurch woman says of the government post.
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First homes grant scrapped: 'It sets you back'
23 May 2024A prospective first-home buyer says he is gutted the government has scrapped the First Homes Grants scheme, and fears he'll now miss out on the house he was looking at.
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Dozens of free budgeting services face closure after missing out on funding
23 May 2024A third of the country's free budgeting services face closure during a cost of living crisis, after missing out on the latest round of government funding.
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Social housing: Community housing providers keen for multiple finance options
23 May 2024About 500 homes have been in limbo due to a lack of funding, a community housing group says. Audio
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What's to blame for the lower than expected uptake of first home grants?
22 May 2024"A lot of criteria, a lot of boxes to be ticked" is said to be part of the reason. Audio
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Who will pay the price of protecting the environment?
22 May 2024Someone will have to front the cost of land-use changes necessary to protect the environment, the government's top environmental advisor warns.
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First Home Grants scrapped from today
22 May 2024But Housing Minister Chris Bishop has also announced $140 million in new funding for 1500 new social housing places from July next year.
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Further legal action over Māori Health Authority axing
18 May 2024It is the second High Court action into the government's policies affecting Māori.
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Five signs the economy may be in worse shape than you think
23 May 2024Analysis - It's bad, but could it be worse than it looks?
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Reserve Bank considered hiking rate
22 May 2024The OCR is on hold but the possibility of an increase looms again.
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Oranga Tamariki gets warning of legal action
22 May 2024A law firm that works with survivors of abuse in state care says job cuts will further slow down the release of victims' records.
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How much have First Home Grants really been helping buyers?
22 May 2024They look like they're on the way out, but how much difference were they making?
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Education Ministry takes charge of school expansions as faith in PPP falters
22 May 2024The Education Ministry has taken back the job of financing, designing and building several school expansions, after companies said the public-private-partnership approach was too difficult.
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Coalition confirms $24m for Gumboot Friday
22 May 2024But the opposition is calling for more transparency around mental health services procurement.
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Kiri Allan pleads guilty to crash charges
22 May 2024The former justice minister was charged with careless driving and failing to accompany a police officer after a late-night crash.
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Government killing homeownership dreams of 'an entire generation' - Hipkins
22 May 2024The government talks of funding social housing, while criticising Labour's spending on the same, its leader says. Audio
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Government expected to scrap first-home grants
21 May 2024RNZ understands the government plans to get rid of first-home grants in favour of putting more money toward social housing.
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Fast track committee not undermined by MP's donation - National
22 May 2024The National Party insists there has been no conflict of interest in David Macleod's chairing the committee considering the contentious fast-track bill.
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New Zealand quietly added to US military trade law
22 May 2024The US has included New Zealand in a law without the New Zealand government's involvement.
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Bill repealing section 7AA of Oranga Tamariki Act passes first reading
21 May 2024It does not mean Oranga Tamariki will stop working with iwi and Māori organisations, Children's Minister Karen Chhour says.
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